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Rupert Murdoch snaps up four-storey New York penthouse

A rendering of the view from One Madison, Rupert Murdoch's new home in New York. Photo: One Madison Penthouse

News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch has agreed to buy the top four floors of a condominium tower near Manhattan's Madison Square Park for $US57.3 million ($63.7 million).

Murdoch, 82, went into contract to purchase two units at One Madison, a triplex penthouse spanning the 58th to 60th storeys and another full-floor apartment beneath it, his spokesman, Steven Rubenstein, said.

One Madison has clearly proven to be the 'it' building in New York

The properties total about 10,160 square feet, or 944 square metres, according to a statement from Related, one of the developers of the tower on East 22nd Street.

A rendering of an apartment inside One Madison. Photo: One Madison Penthouse

Murdoch and his third wife, Wendi Deng, divorced last year. As part of the settlement, Ms Deng kept the couple's Fifth Avenue apartment, which was transferred to her name last month, according to New York City property records.

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The 7000-square-foot triplex, sold in 'raw condition', includes floor-to-ceiling windows and a wraparound terrace, "with uninterrupted cinematic views of Manhattan, river to river, and from the World Trade Centre to the uptown tip of Madison Avenue", Related said in the statement, which didn't name the buyer. The three-bedroom 57th-floor unit is in finished condition.

Seventy-five per cent of the building's apartments have been sold. One Madison, with 53 units, includes amenities such as butler service, a screening room and an indoor pool surrounded by marble walls.

One Madison's luxury pool complex. Photo: One Madison Penthouse

Dolly Lenz, principal of a New York-based brokerage that bears her name, represented the buyer, according to Related.

"One Madison has clearly proven to be the 'it' building in New York," Lenz said. She declined to discuss the transaction.